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17 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

submissions should refer to file number 

SR–NASDAQ–2023–054 and should be 

submitted on or before January 11, 2024. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.17

Sherry R. Haywood, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28039 Filed 12–20–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #20131 and #20132; 

Tennessee Disaster Number TN–20009] 

Presidential Declaration of a Major 

Disaster for the State of Tennessee 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for the State of Tennessee 

(FEMA–4751–DR), dated 12/13/2023. 

Incident: Severe Storms and 

Tornadoes. 

Incident Period: 12/09/2023. 

DATES: Issued on 12/13/2023. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 02/12/2024. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 09/13/2024. 

ADDRESSES: Visit the MySBA Loan 

Portal at https://lending.sba.gov to 

apply for a disaster assistance loan. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alan Escobar, Office of Disaster 

Recovery & Resilience, U.S. Small 

Business Administration, 409 3rd Street 

SW, Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416, 

(202) 205–6734. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

President’s major disaster declaration on 

12/13/2023, applications for disaster 

loans may be submitted online using the 

MySBA Loan Portal https://

lending.sba.gov or other locally 

announced locations. Please contact the 

SBA disaster assistance customer 

service center by email at 

disastercustomerservice@sba.gov or by 

phone at 1–800–659–2955 for further 

assistance. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Counties (Physical Damage and 

Economic Injury Loans): Davidson, 

Dickson, Montgomery, Sumner. 

Contiguous Counties (Economic Injury 

Loans Only): 

Tennessee: Cheatham, Hickman, 

Houston, Humphreys, Macon, 

Robertson, Rutherford, Stewart, 

Trousdale, Williamson, Wilson 

Kentucky: Christian, Simpson, Allen, 

Todd 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... 5.375 

Homeowners without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 2.688 

Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... 8.000 

Businesses without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations with 

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 3.250 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 3.250 

For Economic Injury: 

Business and Small Agricultural 

Cooperatives without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 3.250 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 20131C and for 

economic injury is 201320. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Francisco Sa ́nchez, Jr., 

Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster 

Recovery & Resilience. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28150 Filed 12–20–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2023–0046] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration 

(SSA). 

ACTION: Notice of a new matching 

program. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

provisions of the Privacy Act, as 

amended, this notice announces a new 

matching program with Office of 

Personnel Management (OPM). This 

matching program sets forth the terms, 

conditions, and safeguards under which 

SSA uses identifying information (e.g., 

name, Social Security number (SSN), 

and date of birth) concerning United 

States Postal Service (Postal Service) 

annuitants and their family members as 

part of a process to verify eligibility to 

enroll in Medicare Part B during the 

Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 

(PSRA) Medicare special enrollment 

period (SEP). 

DATES: Submit comments on the 

proposed matching program no later 

than January 22, 2024. 

The matching program will be 

applicable on January 20, 2024, or once 

a minimum of 30 days after publication 

of this notice has elapsed, whichever is 

later. The matching program will be in 

effect for a period of 9 months. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any one of three methods—internet, 

fax, or mail. Do not submit the same 

comments multiple times or by more 

than one method. Regardless of which 

method you choose, please state that 

your comments refer to Docket No. 

SSA–2023–0046 so that we may 

associate your comments with the 

correct regulation. CAUTION: You 

should be careful to include in your 

comments only information that you 

wish to make publicly available. We 

strongly urge you not to include in your 

comments any personal information, 

such as Social Security numbers or 

medical information. 

1. Internet: We strongly recommend 

that you submit your comments via the 

internet. Please visit the Federal 

eRulemaking portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. Use the Search 

function to find docket number SSA– 

2023–0046 and then submit your 

comments. The system will issue you a 

tracking number to confirm your 

submission. You will not be able to 

view your comment immediately 

because we must post each submission 

manually. It may take up to a week for 

your comments to be viewable. 

2. Fax: Fax comments to (410) 966– 

0869. 

3. Mail: Matthew Ramsey, Executive 

Director, Office of Privacy and 

Disclosure, Office of the General 

Counsel, Social Security 

Administration, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401, 

or emailing Matthew.Ramsey@ssa.gov. 

Comments are also available for public 

viewing on the Federal eRulemaking 

portal at http://www.regulations.gov or 

in person, during regular business 

hours, by arranging with the contact 

person identified below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Interested parties may submit general 

questions about the matching program 

to Cynthia Scott, Division Director, 

Office of Privacy and Disclosure, Office 

of the General Counsel, Social Security 

Administration, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401, 

at telephone: (410) 965–1416, or send an 

email to Cynthia.Scott@ssa.gov. 


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1 In 2004, the Department, in coordination with 

the Department of Homeland Security, determined 

that biometric identifiers should include two 

fingerprints and a photograph (69 FR 78515). In 

2010, the standard was changed to ten fingerprints 

and a photograph (75 FR 39323). Certain 

individuals under the age of 14 and those age 80 

or over are exempt from the fingerprint 

requirement. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None. 

Matthew Ramsey, 

Executive Director, Office of Privacy and 

Disclosure, Office of the General Counsel. 

Participating Agencies: SSA and 

OPM. 

Authority for Conducting the 

Matching Program: This Agreement is 

executed under the Privacy Act of 1974 

(5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended by the 

Computer Matching and Privacy 

Protection Act (CMPPA) of 1988, Public 

Law 100–503, 102 Stat. 2507 (1988), as 

amended, and the Computer Matching 

and Privacy Protection Amendments of 

1990 (Privacy Act), (Pub. L. 101–508, 

104 Stat. 143 (1990)), and the 

regulations and guidance promulgated 

thereunder. 

Legal authority for OPM’s disclosures 

under this agreement are the Privacy 

Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(1) & (3)) and 

section 101(c) of the PSRA (Pub. L. 117– 

108, Title I, 101(c); 5 U.S.C. 8903c note). 

Section 1837(o) of the Social Security 

Act (42 U.S.C. 1395p(o)) authorizes a 

one-time Medicare Part B PSRA SEP for 

certain eligible Postal Service 

annuitants and their family members. 

Purpose(s): This matching program 

sets forth the terms, conditions, and 

safeguards under which SSA uses 

identifying information (e.g., name, 

SSN, and date of birth) concerning 

Postal Service annuitants and their 

family members as part of a process to 

verify eligibility to enroll in Medicare 

Part B during the PSRA SEP. This onetime PSRA SEP will occur during a 6- 

month period beginning on April 1, 

2024, and ending on September 30, 

2024. 

Categories of Individuals: The 

individuals whose information is 

involved in this matching program are 

Postal Service annuitants and their 

family members. 

Categories of Records: SSA will 

maintain an OPM SEP reference list, 

which includes Postal Service 

annuitants’ and family members’ SSN, 

name, and date of birth who are not 

enrolled in Medicare Part B. 

System(s) of Records: SSA will 

maintain the information concerning 

Postal Service annuitants and family 

members in the Claims Folders System, 

60–0089, last fully published at 84 FR 

58422 (October 31, 2019) for the period 

needed to support the PSRA SEP. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28104 Filed 12–20–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12235] 

RIN 1400–AF79 

Pilot Program To Resume Renewal of 

H–1B Nonimmigrant Visas in the 

United States for Certain Qualified 

Noncitizens 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice of pilot program. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State (the 

‘‘Department’’) is announcing a pilot 

program to resume domestic visa 

renewal for qualified H–1B 

nonimmigrant visa applicants who meet 

certain requirements. This notice 

describes the requirements for 

participation in the pilot and provides 

information on how those falling within 

the bounds of the pilot program may 

apply for domestic visa renewal. 

DATES: The pilot program will accept 

applications from January 29 to April 1, 

2024. Applicants who meet the 

requirements may choose to participate 

during the application window by 

applying online at https://

travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/usvisas/employment/domesticrenewal.html. Written comments and 

related materials must be received on or 

before midnight April 15, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may 

submit comments, identified by 

Department docket number DOS–2023– 

0042 or RIN 1400–AF79, through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

website instructions for submitting 

comments. A summary of this rule is 

also available at www.regulations.gov by 

searching for ‘‘1400–AF79’’ from the 

home page. 

Comments submitted in a manner 

other than the one listed above, 

including emails or letters sent to 

Department officials, will not be 

considered comments on the Notice, 

and may not be considered by the 

Department. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jami 

Thompson, Senior Regulatory 

Coordinator, Visa Services, Bureau of 

Consular Affairs, Department of State; 

email: VisaRegs@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public 

Participation: The Department invites 

all interested parties to submit written 

data, views, comments, and arguments 

on all aspects of this Notice. Comments 

must be submitted in English, or an 

English translation must be provided. 

Comments that will provide the most 

assistance to the Department should 

comment on the proposal to provide for 

renewal of visas within the United 

States. Do not submit case inquiries, 

case numbers, bar code numbers, or 

photographs from any vias application. 

The Department does not intend to 

address comments as part of this pilot, 

but will consider relevant comments in 

deciding on any future rulemaking. 

Instructions: If you submit a 

comment, you must include the agency 

name and the RIN 1400–AF79 for this 

Notice in the title or body of the 

comment. Submitted comments will be 

publicly posted to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at 

www.regualtions.gov. Therefore, you 

may wish to consider limiting the 

amount of personal information that you 

provide. The Department may withhold 

from public viewing information 

provided in comments that it 

determines offensive. For additional 

information, please read the Privacy Act 

notice available in the footer at 

www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket and 

to read background documents or 

comments received, go to 

www.regulations.gov, referencing RIN 

1400–AF79. You may also sign up for 

email alerts on the online docket to be 

notified when comments are posted. 

I. Background 

In 2004, the Department discontinued 

the domestic renewal of non-diplomatic 

nonimmigrant visas primarily because 

of the passage of the Enhanced Border 

Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 

2002 (Pub. L. 107–173), which required 

that U.S. visas issued after October 26, 

2004, include biometric identifiers 1 (69 

FR 35121). Then, as now, the State 

Department did not possess the capacity 

to collect fingerprints in the United 

States, so all non-diplomatic visa 

applicants were required to apply for 

new visas outside of the United States 

where fingerprints can be collected at a 

U.S. embassy, consulate or, for certain 

posts, at an offsite contract facility. For 

purposes of implementing this pilot, 

however, those prior concerns are 

overcome, as participation in the pilot is 

limited to individuals who have 

previously submitted fingerprints in 

connection with the application for the 

prior visa, are eligible for a waiver of the 

in-person interview requirement and 

meet other applicable requirements. The 


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